Why no student from State in top 5 rankers of NEET, asks KTR
Even as National Testing Agency (NTA) Director General Subodh Kumar Singh on Saturday assured that a high-power committee will investigate the alleged irregularities in the NEET (UG), Bharat Rashtra Samithi working president K.T. Rama Rao demanded that the Agency must disclose the methodology in allotting grace marks to candidates.
“No student from Telangana is in the top ve ranks for the rst time in the last ve years. This is due to various irregularities, is what we believe,” he posted on ◣, while demanding justice by forming a high-level expert committee.
“We demand that the government disclose the process followed for allocating grace marks. There should be a standardised methodology that benets everyone, not just a select group of 1,500 students,” Mr. Rama Rao, legislator from Sircilla, added.
According to DG Mr. Singh, who addressed the press in Delhi, over 1,600 students have asked for retest and compensation of marks. He said that the committee, headed by former UPSC chairperson, will investigate the concerns and nal report by NTA will be disclosed soon.
As per a clarication on NEET (UG) results announced on June 4, “the cut-o scores are determined based on the overall performance of candidates each year. The increase in cut-o re¥ects the competitive nature of the examination and the higher performance standards achieved by the candidates this year.” It further stated that a total of 13,373 challenges were received regarding the provisional answer key of one question in Physics.
A total of 47,371 students from Telangana qualied NEET (UG) this year. While the top ranker from the State was 77th, the only two other toppers from Telangana were 167th and 453rd under ST category.